Estonia saw its annual inflation rate climb in September, according to official figures released Thursday.

• Date: 08.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 08.10.2010  |  Markets  |  from earthtimes.org

Former Kyrgyz Finance Minister and Ak-Shumkar leader Temir Sariyev listens to a question during his interview with the Associated Press in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. The head of a leading party running for election in Kyrgyzstan says an incoming government will likely sharply increase the rent for a U.S. air base in the country.

• Date: 08.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 08.10.2010  |  Markets  |  from newstimes.com

Kyrgyzstan votes in a crucial election on Sunday which interim leaders hope will help unite the country but opponents fear could trigger more violence and leave the south vulnerable to ethnic extremists and militant Islamists, APA reports quoting “Reuters”.

• Date: 07.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 07.10.2010  |  Markets  |  from apa.az

Georgia's prime minister said Wednesday that his country will not support Russia's membership in the World Trade Organization unless Moscow allows Georgian customs officials to operate in two disputed territories allied with Russia

• Date: 07.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 07.10.2010  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.washingtonpost.com/

Great prospects exist for the cooperation between Russia and China with two-way trade on the rise and high-tech exchange ever increasing, Artem Volynets, a member of the Board of Directors of the RusAl aluminum company, told Xinhua on Wednesday.

• Date: 07.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 07.10.2010  |  External Relations  |  from People's Daily

In the 1960s, American political scientists became fascinated with political modernization in Turkey and Japan.

• Date: 06.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 06.10.2010  |  Energy  |  from npr.org

Environmental group Greenpeace sharply criticised Swiss power stations Tuesday for using nuclear fuel from a Russian reprocessing centre at Mayak, claiming it was one of the world's most polluted.

• Date: 06.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 06.10.2010  |  Energy  |  from france24.com

Amidst the latest flare-up in the centuries-old Sino-Japanese spat, Beijing made an unexpected move last month when it halted exports of a little-known commodity group, "rare earth metals," to Japan.

• Date: 06.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 06.10.2010  |  Energy  |  from cnn.com